Tropical Storm Bret (2011)
Tropical Storm Bret peaked at 60 kt in the North Atlantic between July 16, 2011 and July 23, 2011, with a lowest pressure of 995 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Bret, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2011 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.
The storm
- Basin
- North Atlantic
- Dates
- July 16, 2011 to July 23, 2011
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 60 kt (69 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 995 mb (29.38 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 162 km (101 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 3.3
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 80 nmi (148 km, 92 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 20 nmi (37 km, 23 mi)
- Overall size
- 180 nmi (333 km, 207 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 25 kt (29 mph)
- Identifier
- AL022011
Deaths and damage
The sources count different things and are not added together.
NOAA Storm Events
0 deaths (0 direct, 0 indirect)none recorded
What National Weather Service offices recorded county by county in 2 states and marine areas, in the United States only. Property and crop damage as each office estimated it, which is not a national loss total.
In the United States
NOAA’s Storm Events database, the record National Weather Service offices compile months after a storm, as compiled March 2026.
- Deaths
- 0 (0 direct, 0 indirect)
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- none recorded
- Crop damage
- none recorded
- Events recorded
- 2 in 2 reports from 2 states and marine areas
State by state
| State or marine area | Deaths | Injuries | Damage | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlantic South | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Florida | 0 | 0 | 1 |
What was recorded
1 waterspout, 1 funnel cloud.
Tornadoes and waterspouts
1 waterspout recorded in the United States.
What forecast offices wrote
From the Storm Events narratives, unedited.
A trained spotter and a citizen reported a waterspout over the Atlantic east of the Main Street Pier in Daytona Beach. A photograph of the waterspout was obtained.
Flagler Beach To Volusia-Brevard County Line 0-20nm, Atlantic South · Waterspout · Jul 17, 23:23 UTC
A trained spotter and a citizen reported an inland moving funnel cloud near the Main Street Pier in Daytona Beach. The funnel was likely the remnant of a waterspout sighted just offshore the pier moments earlier.
Volusia, Florida · Funnel Cloud · Jul 17, 23:25 UTC
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 06:00 | 30.7N 79.7W | 20 kt | 1014 mb | Low |
| Jul 16, 12:00 | 30.3N 79.4W | 20 kt | 1014 mb | Low |
| Jul 16, 18:00 | 29.8N 79.1W | 20 kt | 1014 mb | Low |
| Jul 17, 00:00 | 29.3N 78.8W | 20 kt | 1014 mb | Low |
| Jul 17, 06:00 | 28.8N 78.5W | 20 kt | 1014 mb | Low |
| Jul 17, 12:00 | 28.3N 78.3W | 25 kt | 1013 mb | Low |
| Jul 17, 18:00 | 27.8N 78.2W | 30 kt | 1011 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 18, 00:00 | 27.5N 78.1W | 35 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 18, 06:00 | 27.1N 78.0W | 40 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 18, 12:00 | 27.4N 77.5W | 45 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 18, 18:00 | 27.8N 77.1W | 60 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 19, 00:00 | 28.4N 76.8W | 60 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 19, 06:00 | 29.0N 76.6W | 50 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 19, 12:00 | 29.5N 76.2W | 45 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 19, 18:00 | 30.0N 75.8W | 45 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 20, 00:00 | 30.5N 75.3W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 20, 06:00 | 30.9N 74.7W | 45 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 20, 12:00 | 31.4N 74.1W | 45 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 20, 18:00 | 31.9N 73.4W | 45 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 21, 00:00 | 32.4N 72.7W | 45 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 21, 06:00 | 33.0N 72.0W | 40 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 21, 12:00 | 33.5N 71.2W | 35 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 21, 18:00 | 34.1N 70.1W | 35 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 22, 00:00 | 35.1N 68.9W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 22, 06:00 | 36.2N 67.4W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 22, 12:00 | 37.3N 65.2W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Low |
| Jul 22, 18:00 | 38.3N 62.8W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Low |
| Jul 23, 00:00 | 39.2N 60.1W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Low |
| Jul 23, 06:00 | 39.8N 57.0W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Low |
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- Tropical Storm ArleneNorth Atlantic · 2011
- Tropical Storm CindyNorth Atlantic · 2011
- Tropical Storm DonNorth Atlantic · 2011
- Tropical Storm EmilyNorth Atlantic · 2011
- Tropical Storm FranklinNorth Atlantic · 2011
- Tropical Storm GertNorth Atlantic · 2011
- Tropical Storm HarveyNorth Atlantic · 2011
- Hurricane IreneNorth Atlantic · 2011 · 56 deaths
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 2011
- Tropical Storm JoseNorth Atlantic · 2011
- Hurricane KatiaNorth Atlantic · 2011
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 2011
- Tropical Storm LeeNorth Atlantic · 2011
- Hurricane MariaNorth Atlantic · 2011
- Hurricane NateNorth Atlantic · 2011
- Hurricane OpheliaNorth Atlantic · 2011
- Hurricane PhilippeNorth Atlantic · 2011
- Hurricane RinaNorth Atlantic · 2011
- Tropical Storm SeanNorth Atlantic · 2011
What this means
A best track is the record a warning agency settles on after the storm, not what it said at the time: position, maximum sustained wind and central pressure every six hours, revised against every observation that came in later. Category is the Saffir-Simpson scale, which runs from Category 1 at 64 kt to Category 5 at 137 kt and reads wind only, so it says nothing about surge or rain. Accumulated cyclone energy adds up the square of the wind through the storm's life, so it counts strength and duration together.
Sources
Storm history from NOAA NCEI’s International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS), which merges the official best track of every warning agency. Live storms, cones, watches and warnings from the National Hurricane Center and the Central Pacific Hurricane Center. Archived radar from NOAA’s Level II archive.